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Rab - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Rab
 
 

 


The boy name Rab [ 1 syll. rab, ra-b ] is pronounced RAEB KEY. Rab is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in Scottish. Rab is a short form of the English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish Robert.

Rab is not popular as a baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly related to Rab, the English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish Robert was the most frequently used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Rab include the English Rafe, the English Rob, the English Robb, the English Rube, the Scottish Rabbie, the Arabic and Indian Rabi, the Spanish Rafa, the English Rapha, the Indian Ravi, the English Robbie, the English Robby, the English Ruby, and the Finnish Ruuppo.

KEY: English pronunciation for Rab: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"


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